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Inquiry into stolen climate e-mails
Details of a university inquiry into e-mails stolen from one of the UK's leading climate research units are likely to be made public.
China vows to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2020
The promise, along with a target announced by Obama the day before, raises expectations for the Copenhagen climate summit next month. ...
Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica
A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis of ice...
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
(AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed...
Biologists save fish after landslide
NILE, Wash. (AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller...
Rethinking The Antibody-dependent Enhancement Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Model
New research challenges the dogma of the antibody-dependent enhancement model for the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Smog clouds Montrealers' commute
Montrealers made their way to work Thursday amid smog for the third day in a week.
Rich ore deposits linked to ancient atmosphere
Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old,...
WHOI'S Bruce A. Warren Is Awarded Sverdrup Gold Medal
Bruce A. Warren-- one of the world's pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)--is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Sverdrup...
Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana
A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.
ORNL, Los Alamos pioneer new approach to assist scientists, farmers
Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play a role in maintaining a healthy climate, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak...
Climate not really what doomed large mammals
Prevalence of a dung fungus over time suggests megafauna extinctions at end of last ice age started before climate warming
Probing Question: What is a heritage turkey?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over 45 million turkeys are eaten by Americans each Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hunters provide some -- last autumn, about 24,000 wild turkeys were...
FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays
(AP) -- Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.
Light Shed on Mysteries of Deadly Jellyfish
Clues to the a jellyfish's deadly sting may lead to an antidote.
Wastewater algae turned to fuel
A recent New Zealand project is using it all – treating wastewater, converting the algae into fuel, and making the residue into fertiliser.
The greener car park alternatives to America's asphalt jungle
With car parks accounting for up to 10% of land in US cities, measures to make them more environmentally friendly are urgentIn the 40 years since Joni Mitchell sang about paving paradise, putting...
Business of Green: Storm Over the Chamber
Thomas Donohue, the United States Chamber of Commerce’s president, expressed hostility toward climate legislation, which led several businesses to resign in protest.
Winnipeg teen's climate blog wins kudos
A Winnipeg teen's online efforts to dispel myths about climate change have caught the attention of climatologists from around the world.
Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground
The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.
ORNL, Partners Helping Scientists Deal with Data Deluge
Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through a network created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners.
Studying Fertilizers to Cut Greenhouse Gases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that using alternative types of fertilizers can cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, at least in one part of the country....
Unique Uranium Source in Naturally Bioreduced Sediment
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recently published Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study of a naturally bioreduced sediment sample from a former uranium mill tailings site reveals insights that enhance understanding of the...
Curbing population growth crucial to reducing carbon emissions
Access to contraception could tackle global warming, says United Nations.
Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature
Gretchen Daily knows the value of ecosystems — but can ascribing financial worth to them help to maintain biodiversity? Emma Marris meets an ecosystem-services evangelist.
Drilling Into Ice to See Into Earth's Past, Future
Paleoclimate researcher studies Greenland ice cores to see how Earth's climate has changed.
Research challenges for understanding landscape changes identified
Nine research challenges and four research initiatives that are poised to advance the study of how Earth's landscapes change were unveiled today in a new report by the National Research...
Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
The sheer size of the airline industry’s emissions makes it hard to judge the effectiveness of carbon offset programs.